Jack of Fables  JAOF   (Vertigo, 2006-2011) ™ and © 2006 DC Comics, Inc.

If you think you don’t know Jack—you’d be wrong. Jack Horner, from “Jack and the Beanstalk” and other fairy tales, has often appeared in the award-winning Fables comic book and has now been evicted from the Fables’ community.

With Willingham writing, it’s to be hoped that the Fables magic will continue. But the question remains as to how well a secondary character from an ensemble series can fare going solo. The first issue does answer one part of that question: This won’t be a book about a solitary Fable.

Abducted from the highway by a lovely young woman and her mysterious Bagmen, Jack finds himself a prisoner in a secret community where numerous other Fables are imprisoned. If they are kept there long enough, the world of the mundane readers forgets about them, and they become mundys themselves.

And, just when you think that the occasional violence is the only thing keeping this book in the “older reader” realm of Vertigo (Spoiler Warning!), there’s the closing splash page with Goldilocks as you’ve never seen her before!

— Michael Tierney

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date: 9/1/2006 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 14 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#1 (2nd printing) Date: 8/1/2010 Cover Price: $1.00 NM Guide: $1.00 1 copy available for $0.50		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#2 Date: 10/1/2006 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 13 copies available from $0.99		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#3 Date: 11/1/2006 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 13 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#4 Date: 12/1/2006 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 15 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#5 Date: 1/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 13 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#6 Date: 2/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 10 copies available from $1.13	Jack Frost	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Steve Leialoha
	#7 Date: 3/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 11 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#8 Date: 4/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 13 copies available from $1.35		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#9 Date: 5/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 11 copies available from $1.35		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#10 Date: 6/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 13 copies available from $1.35		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#11 Date: 7/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 12 copies available from $1.35	Snow Queen; Jack Frost	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Steve Leialoha
	#12 Date: 8/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 12 copies available from $1.35		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#13 Date: 9/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Russell Braun
	#14 Date: 10/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.00 10 copies available from $1.12		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Russell Braun
	#15 Date: 11/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $1.50	Origin of Wicked John	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#16 Date: 12/1/2007 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 9 copies available from $1.50		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Andrew Robinson
	#17 Date: 1/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 10 copies available from $1.50		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#18 Date: 2/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 10 copies available from $1.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#19 Date: 3/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.00 9 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#20 Date: 4/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 11 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#21 Date: 5/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 12 copies available from $1.50		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#22 Date: 6/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.00 8 copies available from $1.23		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#23 Date: 7/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 10 copies available from $1.99		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#24 Date: 8/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 9 copies available from $1.99		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Russell Braun
	#25 Date: 9/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 8 copies available from $1.99		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#26 Date: 10/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 8 copies available from $1.99		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#27 Date: 12/1/2008 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 8 copies available from $2.25		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#28 Date: 1/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 8 copies available from $2.59		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins
	#29 Date: 2/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 7 copies available from $2.60		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins
	#30 Date: 3/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 7 copies available from $2.59		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins, Russell Braun
	#31 Date: 4/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 5 copies available from $2.60		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins
	#32 Date: 5/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.50 8 copies available from $3.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins
	#33 Date: 6/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 8 copies available from $1.49	Includes The Unwritten #1 preview	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Mike Carey	Russ Brawn, Peter Gross
	#34 Date: 7/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 9 copies available from $2.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#35 Date: 8/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 7 copies available from $2.00	Continues in The Literals #3	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#36 Date: 9/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 5 copies available from $2.50		Chris Roberson	Tony Akins
	#37 Date: 10/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 7 copies available from $1.92		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#38 Date: 11/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 7 copies available from $2.09		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#39 Date: 12/1/2009 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 7 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#40 Date: 1/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 3 copies available from $2.17		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun
	#41 Date: 2/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.50 3 copies available from $2.59		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#42 Date: 3/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 5 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	#43 Date: 4/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 3 copies available from $2.59	Preview of The Bronx Kill	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Peter Milligan	Tony Akins, Jim Fern, James Romberger
	#44 Date: 5/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 4 copies available from $1.00		Matthew Sturges, B. Willingham	Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy
	#45 Date: 6/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 4 copies available from $1.00		Matthew Sturges, Brian Willingham	Tony Akins
	#46 Date: 8/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 3 copies available from $1.00		Bill Willingham, Matt Sturges	Tony Akins
	#47 Date: 10/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 1 copy available for $2.59		Matt Sturges, Bill Willingham	Tony Akins
	#48 Date: 12/1/2010 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.50 3 copies available from $2.59		Matt Sturges, Bill Willingham	Tony Akins
	#49 Date: 2/1/2011 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 1 copy available for $2.59		Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham	Tony Akins
	#50 Date: 4/1/2011 Cover Price: $4.99 NM Guide: $4.99 4 copies available from $3.50	Final Issue	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Russell Braun
	Book #1 Date: 2/28/2007 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $11.50 3 copies available from $7.00	Collects Jack of Fables #1-5; Includes Tony Akins character designs	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins
	Book #2 Date: 12/1/2007 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $9.00 2 copies available from $8.00	Collects Jack of Fables #6–11	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy
	Book #3 Date: 6/1/2008 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $9.00 2 copies available from $8.00	Collects Jack of Fables #12-16	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Russell Braun, Andrew Robinson
	Book #4 Date: 12/1/2008 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $14.99 1 copy available for $14.99	Collects Jack of Fables #17-21	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Russell Braun, Tony Akins
	Book #5 Date: 3/1/2009 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $12.00 2 copies available from $8.00	Reprints Jack of Fables #22-27; Turning pages	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins, Russell Braun
	Book #6 Date: 11/1/2009 Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $12.00 2 copies available from $8.00	Collects Jack of Fables #28-32	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Atkins, Russell Braun
	Book #7 Date: Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $14.99 2 copies available from $14.99	Collects Jack of Fables #36-40; ca. 2010	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Chris Roberson	Tony Akins, Russell Braun
	Book #8 Date: Cover Price: $14.99 NM Guide: $14.99 2 copies available from $14.99	Collects Jack of Fables #41-45; ca. 2011	Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges	Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy
	Book #9 Date: Cover Price: $17.99 NM Guide: $17.99 1 copy available for $17.99	Collects Jack of Fables #46-50; ca. 2011	Bill Willingham, Matt Sturges	Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy